Rebecca Frost Hanna, 93, died on September 24 at her home in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA. Born in Los Angeles in 1929, she spent many years raising her family in West Simsbury, Connecticut, then retired to her vacation home in Carmel in 1984.
Rebecca (Becky) graduated from the Katherine Branson School (‘47) and Vassar College (‘51) and earned a master’s degree in medical social work from the University of Southern California. She began her career working for the health department in Los Angeles, then spent many years as a volunteer while raising her daughters in Connecticut. Returning to her career, she worked for a number of organizations that coordinated support services for the elderly who wished to remain in their homes. Becky continued this work when she moved back to California, and she was co-founder of Project Saint Bernard in Carmel. She organized and oversaw a group of neighborhood volunteers that provided drop-in visits and resources for elderly residents. Becky also volunteered as a docent at Point Lobos, an usher at the Sunset Center, and at the historic adobes in Monterey. In addition, she was a passionate supporter of the Carmel Bach Festival and a founding member of her beloved hiking group.
Becky will be remembered for her kindness, elegance, dedicated friendships, love of the California outdoors, her work to provide dignity and care to those in need, particularly the elderly, and her passion for basset hounds, especially those named Brutus. Carmel beach was a life-long place of joy for Becky where she introduced her children and grandchildren to body surfing and body-surfed herself into her 80s.
Becky is predeceased by her husband of 59 years, Lindsay D. Hanna, and survived by her daughters Margaret (Hiroshi) Kuroyanagi, Jane (Whit) Repp, Elizabeth (Don Fleming) Hanna, her grandchildren, Lindsay Repp (Bo) Armstrong, Hanna Repp, Thomas Fleming, William Fleming, and her great-grandchildren Coleman Armstrong and Oliver Armstrong.
A celebration of life will be held on Thursday, November 3 at 2:00pm at La Playa Hotel in Carmel-by-the-Sea. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests that any memorial contributions be made to one of the following organizations that Becky supported: Carmel Bach Festival, Point Lobos State Natural Reserve, Carmel Foundation, Sunset Cultural Center, Monterey Bay Aquarium.
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